{"id":590433,"date":"2024-07-02T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590433"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:27:02","slug":"european-juniors-vivien-jackl-sets-cr-to-retain-400im-title-double-relay-gold-for-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-juniors-vivien-jackl-sets-cr-to-retain-400im-title-double-relay-gold-for-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"European Juniors: Vivien Jackl Sets CR To Retain 400IM Title, Double Relay Gold For Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Juniors: Vivien Jackl Sets CR To Retain 400IM Title, Double Relay Gold For Italy<\/h4>\n

Vivien Jackl<\/strong> set a Championship record en-route to retaining her 400IM title and Italy clinched two relay golds on day one of the European Junior Swimming Championships<\/strong> in Vilnius, Lithuania.<\/p>\n

Jackl won the 400IM title at the 2023 edition in Belgrade before setting a European junior record of 4:34.96 at the Hungarian Championships in April.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old has also made her mark on the senior international stage claiming a silver medal behind Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> of Israel at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade with her Olympic debut to come in Paris later this month.<\/p>\n

Competing in the first final of the six-day meet, Jackl was joint-fourth after the fly leg but moved into the lead on the backstroke.<\/p>\n

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l-r: Sarah Dumont, Vivien Jackl, Laura Cabanes Garzas: Photo courtesy: European Aquatics<\/p><\/div>\n

It was a position she never relinquished as she came home in 4:39.28 for a new Championship standard, slicing 1.36 from Alba Vasquez Ruiz’s 4:40.64 mark from 2019.<\/p>\n

Sarah Dumont<\/strong> came from fourth at 300m for silver in 4:42.44, a new Belgian senior record, with Spain\u2019s Laura Cabanes Garzas<\/strong> third in 4:43.62.<\/p>\n

It capped a demanding day for Jackl who also safely navigated the 1500m freestyle prelims in the morning where she qualified fourth for Wednesday evening\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling pretty good,” she told European Aquatics. “It hurt a bit but I\u2019m going to be very proud of myself on the podium for the second time in this event.<\/p>\n

“I felt a bit tired before this race because in the morning I had to swim 1500m as well, so that wasn\u2019t very good!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a practice for the Olympics and in the future to see if I can swim these events in this order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Double Gold For Italy<\/h3>\n

The Italian 4×100 free quartets also retained their titles from Belgrade 2023.<\/p>\n

The women edged a thrilling race by the narrowest of margins as they overhauled France on the final 50 to win by 0.01sec.<\/p>\n

Chiara Sama<\/strong> (56.27), Sara Curtis (54.74), Cristiana Stevenato<\/strong> (55.12) and Caterina Santambrogio<\/strong> (54.99) combined to come home in 3:41.12 with France<\/strong> clocking 3:41.13 with Germany<\/strong> third in 3:41.60.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s race, Gabriele Valente<\/strong> went 50.28 to hand over to Carlos D\u2019Ambrosio<\/strong> in seventh with the youngest member of Team Italia for Paris 2024 propelling them into the lead with a 48.48 split.<\/p>\n

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Italy 4x100m freestyle relay squad: Photo courtesy: European Aquatics<\/p><\/div>\n

Mirko Chiaversoli<\/strong> (49.07) and Lorenzo Ballarati<\/strong> (49.21) brought them home in 3:17.04 ahead of France (3:18.83) and Great Britain (3:19.49).<\/p>\n

In the evening\u2019s semifinals, Lithuania\u2019s Kristupas Trepcoka<\/strong> led the men\u2019s 200 free in 1:48.59 with Minna Abraham<\/strong> heading the women\u2019s event in 1:58.36.<\/p>\n

Samuel Kostal<\/strong> of Slovakia led the men\u2019s 200m butterfly in 1:59.26.<\/p>\n

Great Britain\u2019s Blythe Kinsman<\/strong> (28.31) and Mantas Kauspedas<\/strong> of Lithuania (25.06) headed the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 50m backstroke races with Spain\u2019s Nayara Pineda Lopez<\/strong> (31.50) and Nusrat Allahverdi<\/strong> (27.59) leading the 50m breaststroke semis.<\/p>\n

In the morning prelims, Amelie Blocksidge<\/strong> of Great Britain led the way into the women\u2019s 1500m freestyle final in 16:24.71.<\/p>\n